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| History: Stability of the New Order Regime |
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The New Order regime was remarkably stable from 1976 until 1988. Internationally, the regime benefited from the Cold War setting and the support of the United States for anticommunist regimes. American support was particularly strong in Southeast Asia, where anticommunist regimes were expected to balance the Communist victories of 1975, to domesticate Islam and to support foreign investment. The New Order regime itself encouraged rapid economic and social development and peace with Islamic forces. Though corrupt, the regime was not so crooked as to hinder development or to repel the international community. Domestically, citizens felt that the more unscrupulous aspects of the regime were a tolerable price to pay for the improving economic conditions and a developing middle class. Islamic society, for its part, did not consider the regime a threat to further Islamicization across the country.
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